Morning journal and courier., 1887-01-03
Beauties of R ussfan Civilization [St. Petersburg, Dec 6, Dispatch to the London

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 The other day-last Monday, I believe the usual winter student troubles again broke out here, resultingin the arrest of a large number of young people of both sexes. A demonstration under the pretext of relig- ioas service was attempted at the grave ot certain BogolinboH, a once popular poet and critic, in the VolkoH cemetery, on the out skirts of the town. It appears to have beer on the occasion of the twenty fifth unniver sary of Bogolinoff's death. Some 500 stud ents endeavored to enter the church and cemetery. Many of them carried flowers and wreaths. The gendarmes and police sur rounded the place and forbade the meeting General Grosser, the prefect, was on the spot and stood before the gates for au! !hour and 6 half, trying to persuade the crowd to disperse, but in vain. At last the Oossacks made their appearance, and number of arrests were affected. Some of the prisoners were subse- quently released.
 I have not yet heard of the ultimate fate of the captured young men who participated in the afsir, though it is no doubt the usual one in such cases-expulsion or deportation and police supervision, but have just been informed of the treatment of the women. There were about 100 young women present from the higher female medical course. The day after the event the passports of all the female medical students in the academy were taken from them, so that they could not run away, and then the real arrests began Eighteen of the girls who were at the ceme- tery have already been sent off out of St. Petersburg by an administrative order without the least notion whither they are to be taken or what is to become of them. Many will probably be compelled to live in out of-the-way places, under the eyes of the police, their lives embittered and careers ruined.
 It has been suggested that the rest of the 100 girls compromised should go in deputa- tion to the prefect, who is very against the treatment of their sister students. As many of those not yet arrested belong to well-known or well to- do familief,it was thought that his might have some effect; but in view of the memorable determination of Count Tolstoi to continue his policy of absolute and unmitigaGed sup pression, this would be useless. It would only be another demonstration, and more arrests would follow. The polite and tenn perate behavior of the prefecJ, General Grosser, is much spoken of and praised, but the harsh, unbending character of the min ister is known to be immovable. In fact, it is stated that General Grosser has even been called to account by Count Tolstoi for not having acted more scarcely on tho spot.
 The female medical course of St. Peters burg has long been considered as a nursery of Nihilists, and attempts have been made to close it altogether. The college has in- deed for some time past been existing on probation. A special official from the Min ister, naturally called by the young women spy, has for some time been in attendance to see whether they applied to their studies and left politics and political agitation alone. The entrance of fresh students had already been stopped but as many influential ladies, headed, I believe, by the Empress, are f1vy Ir1fa fnd &hn fnhl hltcIrr rnof tinuance. This unfortunate incident, how ever, is fresh blow, and may turn out to be a death blow